Dear LM_Netters,
I've had an interesting request from a special education teacher who
uses the Holt Online Literature Textbook very successfully with her
students. It allows them to quickly and easily access the Holt website
from home to listen to the full-text of various poems, short stories,
and book exerpts. These students have reading disabilities and one in
particular is severely visually impaired. This system has worked
beautifully for them up until now. The teacher wants her students to
read Night by Elie Wiesel beginning in mid November and Othello next
spring. Neither work is available through the Holt program. Our
technology director sent her to me to find an alternate source for
online audio. I've never dealt with this before and wondered if any of
you can offer me some guidance. I've done some background research
(Bookshare.org) and learned about what I now know is called
text-to-speech audio, but this seems like a very complicated route to
take. What we're looking for is a simple solution that all 10 of these
students can access from home online without intervention from our tech
staff. Does such a solution exist? TIA for your help.
Marie A. Baker
School Library/Media Specialist
Marlboro High School
50 Cross Road
Marlboro, NY 12542
bakerm@marlboroschools.org
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